The Correspondence Of The Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair Bart Vol 1 Of 2

Author : John Sinclair
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ISBN 13 : 9781332165506
Total Pages : 518 pages
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Download or read book The Correspondence of the Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart, Vol. 2 of 2 written by John Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Correspondence of the Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart, Vol. 2 of 2: With Reminiscences of the Most Distinguished Characters Who Have Appeared in Greta Britain, and in Foreign Countries, During the Last Fifty Years There is no individual who, at the time, lamented more deeply than myself, the separation of America from Great Britain, or who now more sincerely rejoices at that event I am fully convinced, that an overgrown empire is a great political evil, and "That numerous remote possessions are as destructive to a political body, as corpulence to the human frame." The improvement of the parent state is neglected, from the attention which its governors must pay to distant colonies, whilst the interests of those colonies are very imperfectly attended to. Great Britain and Ireland are countries large enough for any one government to manage well; and if our naval and military strength were concentrated for our own defence, no other state would venture to attack us. Ever since the separation, I have uniformly endeavoured to promote a good understanding, and a friendly intercourse, between the two countries. With that view, I entered into a correspondence with the most celebrated men that the new empire had produced; and gave a cordial reception to any natives of America, who visited Great Britain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.